They rang the Liberty Bell on D-Day?

[Rilchiam]

Was just reading the transcript of Reagan’s speech at Normandy on 6/6/84. In reference to homeland support, or whatever you want to call it, he said, “In Georgia they were filling the churches at 4 a.m., in Kansas they were kneeling on their porches and praying, and in Philadelphia they were ringing the Liberty Bell.”

Is that true? And if it is, is that the only time the Liberty Bell was rung since 1776?

[GorillaMan]

It was rendered unringable in 1846; nowadays it is symbolically tapped instead. http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/

[Rilchiam]

I see. Thank you.

[dqa]

And from that site,
http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/trivia.html

• On June 6, 1944, when Allied forces landed in France, the sound of the bell was broadcast to all parts of the country

• There are three known recordings of the Bell. Two were made in the 1940s for radio stations to play; the third is currently owned by Columbia Records.